Species description: Creationists

I was bemoaning to Paul Griffiths and Sahotra Sarkar, admittedly over a beer, that unlike them (they are both birdwatchers), I lacked a special organism I could be expert about. This is a grievous fault in a philosopher of biology, so we wondered what I could choose as my "target organisms". Sahotra suggested I name and describe creationists (well, actually he suggested he would, but I'm stealing this from him) as a species. It's important to do this, so that when we describe the behavior of these creatures (pun intended) in the wild, we know exactly what we are discussing. One wouldn't want to claim that a trait found among Old Earth Creationists was true of another geographical or varietal subspecific group. You need to know what you are referring to, as (since I'm name dropping anyway) Maynard Smith said to me when I met him. So, here it goes. This is done according to proper systematics protocol, so if it's boring, just remember that some systematist somewhere is rolling about laughing.

Distribution of species all varieties, within the western world, predominantly North America below the 48 degree N parallel, and above the 30 degree N parallel, between the longitude of 70 degree E and 120 degrees E. Also found in the Middle East, particularly in Turkey.

Population trends: recent increases in English-language regions since 1960; appears to have established a growth cycle of lesser proportions in Muslim nations. Likely to reach plague proportions in some regions of Africa.

Interspecific relations - symbiotes of Homo evangelisticus, brood parasites on Homo sapiens L. Impact on the ecosystem (valid for exotic species) - likely to drive out sensible members of ecosystem if left unchecked. Importance of species to bioresources production

Economic significance of species: will supplant production based on scientific and technological progress.

Commercial characteristics of species, catches: Excellent method of redistributing wealth from the lower middle class to a few fortunate lineages.

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Please stop! 2 reasons, first becasue i just sprayed excellent Scotch on my monitor, secondly because your plan risks falsifying "Darwinism" (which I think is the name of people who live in one of your northen cities). The falsification will occur when you realize that there is no way creationists could ever have evolved, anything that dumb could only come about as an act of special creation.

After all what good is half a creationist? (I don't know either but would be willing to conduct research with my new Husqvarna chain saw.

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